Topic: Business & Economy — Neutral reports only
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[2026-04-30 13:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: TORONTO — Canada has been selected as the headquarters for a new, financial institution led by NATO and designed to reduce borrowing costs for members of the alliance, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
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[2026-04-30 13:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Oil rose to its highest price in four years, on Thursday, topping $120 a barrel as the US increased pressure on Iran.
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[2026-04-30 13:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We will issue penalty tickets without warning, and step up publicity in high-traffic areas such as business districts,’ Dr Manny Lam says
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[2026-04-30 13:53 UTC+10:00] [alternative tobacco products] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: ‘We will issue penalty tickets without warning, and step up publicity in high-traffic areas such as business districts,’ Dr Manny Lam says
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[2026-04-30 13:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Tugboats push a crude oil tanker into position at a pier handling oil imports in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (Chinatopix Via AP) CHINA OUT
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[2026-04-30 13:49 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Sarytogan Graphite has bagged a fresh A$1.4 million cash injection courtesy of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to help drive the company’s massive Kazakh graphite project towards production.
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[2026-04-30 13:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund plans to stop financial support for LIV Golf after this season, according to reports.
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[2026-04-30 13:44 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Augustus Minerals has struck paydirt in a first-ever drilling campaign at its Clifton East prospect north of Leonora in Western Australia, returning a swag of shallow intersections at the untouched gold ground.
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[2026-04-30 13:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Multiple LIV Golf players have had their reps reach out to the PGA Tour about a possible return after news broke Wednesday that the rebel golf league would be losing its financial backing from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
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[2026-04-30 13:21 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: King Charles III and Queen Camilla visited the site of the Sept. 11 attacks, met with schoolchildren and business titans and socialized with celebrities during a busy swing through New York City Wednesday — the first visit to the city by a reigning British monarch in 16 years.
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[2026-04-30 13:00 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's homegrown app marketplace One Store said Thursday it will evolve into an “all-in-one store,” bringing app downloads, payments and instant-play games onto a single platform as the company marks its 10th anniversary.
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[2026-04-30 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- Ryoo Sang-dai, senior deputy governor of the Bank of Korea (BOK), will attend the annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and gatherings of ASEAN finance ministers and central bank governors in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, next week, the central bank said Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Working with families over many years, I've noticed a pattern that cuts across income levels, nationalities, and backgrounds.
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[2026-04-30 13:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: Tuesday’s announcement by the UAE that it will withdraw from Opec tomorrow brings the curtain down on an association that has lasted more than five decades. Although the formal end of any relationship can heighten feelings and fuel uncertainty, the reality is that the Emirates are bidding farewell to an arrangement that was built for a different era.
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[2026-04-30 12:49 UTC+10:00] [Business] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
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[2026-04-30 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court's ruling that ordered game development company Ironmace Co. to pay 5.76 billion won (US$3.87 million) in damages to industry rival Nexon Co. for trade secret infringement.
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[2026-04-30 12:44 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: WASHINGTON, D.C. — US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a fervent appeal Wednesday for central bank independence, as he prepares to cap an eight-year term at its helm marked by insults and legal action under the Trump administration.
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[2026-04-30 12:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- The value of South Korea's investment funds rose more than 8 percent in the first quarter of this year from three months earlier, driven by an increase in investment funds traded on stock exchanges, data showed Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 12:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Personal Finance
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[2026-04-30 12:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry leaders say slight increases in fuel surcharges for flights to Asian destinations ‘not the main driver’ behind Hongkongers heading to mainland
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[2026-04-30 12:30 UTC+10:00] [Dongguan] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Industry leaders say slight increases in fuel surcharges for flights to Asian destinations ‘not the main driver’ behind Hongkongers heading to mainland
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[2026-04-30 12:27 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Not many companies can say they’ve turned an oil and gas plant into a data centre. However, Pilot Energy has just done exactly that.
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[2026-04-30 12:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: (ATTN: RECASTS throughout; ADDS photo; CHANGES headline)
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[2026-04-30 12:10 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yen at one point depreciated to 160.48 per dollar during New York trading on April 29. (Photo by Koji Uema)
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[2026-04-30 12:05 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo held a meeting with Mexico's ambassador to Seoul on Thursday to address concerns over the planned review of a trilateral trade pact between Mexico, the United States and Canada, Yeo's office said.
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[2026-04-30 12:05 UTC+10:00] [National / Queensland] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The Queensland government has launched Supreme Court action against one of Australia’s biggest companies to recoup almost $66 million it ploughed into a failed green hydrogen plant in Gladstone.
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo held a meeting with Mexico's ambassador to Seoul on Thursday to address concerns over the planned review of a trilateral trade pact between Mexico, the United States and Canada, Yeo's office said.
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Banking] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Politico
Snippet: LONDON — Former U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was paid £93,000 to provide legal services to a Luxembourg-based company whose shareholders include two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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[2026-04-30 12:00 UTC+10:00] [Technology] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Airwallex co-founder Lucy Liu will on Thursday unveil a program offering young Australian artificial intelligence founders $100,000 in equity-free capital, as the global payments giant moves to deepen its local roots while navigating a financial crimes investigation and a stalled run at a public listing.
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[2026-04-30 11:57 UTC+10:00] [Business / Banking & finance] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: April 30, 2026 — 11:57am
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[2026-04-30 11:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Uncertainty over the future path of US monetary policy under the next Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has increased further amid rising oil prices and inflation, the Bank of Korea said Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 11:45 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Thursday that financial institutions have sufficient capacity to withstand crisis scenarios despite volatility in financial and foreign exchange markets.
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[2026-04-30 11:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Thursday that financial institutions have sufficient capacity to withstand crisis scenarios despite volatility in financial and foreign exchange markets.
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[2026-04-30 11:31 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says it is seeking to broaden its market reach in Asia, Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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[2026-04-30 11:31 UTC+10:00] [Qwen] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Company says it is seeking to broaden its market reach in Asia, Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa
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[2026-04-30 11:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- Uncertainty over the future path of U.S. monetary policy under the next Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, has increased further amid rising oil prices and inflation, the Bank of Korea said Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 11:24 UTC+10:00] [Business / Companies] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Australia’s largest supermarket chain says higher prices are already flowing into fresh produce, milk, bread and other staples as the fuel crisis drives up inflation across the economy and, in response, Woolworths says it will freeze prices on 300 items for three months from Friday.
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[2026-04-30 11:23 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: SAN FRANCISCO — Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday defended massive spending on artificial intelligence that dragged down shares despite strong earnings boosted by the technology.
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[2026-04-30 11:22 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell closed out eight years as head of the US central bank on Wednesday with interest rates on hold, rising concern about inflation, and an announcement that he would stay on as a Fed governor for now to defend the agency's independence from Trump administration "battering."
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[2026-04-30 11:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, left, applauds Yasir Al-Rumayyan, Governor of Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, at the LIV Golf Invitational-Chicago tournament Sept. 18, 2022, in Sugar Hill, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
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[2026-04-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China expects to handle a record 304 million cross-regional trips per day over the holiday, as the government focuses on boosting consumption
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[2026-04-30 11:00 UTC+10:00] [Gao Bo] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: China expects to handle a record 304 million cross-regional trips per day over the holiday, as the government focuses on boosting consumption
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[2026-04-30 10:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Greece's former finance minister has slammed Greek authorities after Israeli forces seized the Global Sumud Flotilla near the country's shores.
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[2026-04-30 10:53 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: CNBC
Snippet: This report is from this week's "Inside India" newsletter, which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse — Subscribe today
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[2026-04-30 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Democrats running for governor in California have said in recent debates that Gavin Newsom deserves high grades for his performance –– mostly B’s, and even A’s.
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[2026-04-30 10:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Oil prices shot higher Wednesday on concerns of an extended blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, while Wall Street stocks moved indecisively after a divided Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged.
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[2026-04-30 10:48 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: South Korea's industrial output, retail sales and facility investment all rose from a month earlier in March, official data showed Thursday.
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[2026-04-30 10:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: The yen at one point depreciated to 160.48 per dollar during New York trading on April 29. (Photo by Koji Uema)
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[2026-04-30 10:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Three most profitable carmakers last year all report double-digit profit declines, but rosier export forecast improves outlook
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[2026-04-30 10:30 UTC+10:00] [Leapmotor] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Three most profitable carmakers last year all report double-digit profit declines, but rosier export forecast improves outlook
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